My ultimate dream cars used to be Ferrari, now it's the Corvette C8 with enough money left over to buy a winter truck too.

Disagree with your last comment. With a dual clutch, and the shift times, there is no need for a manual transmission. Otherwise, great video, most informative and better than most other C8 videos.

WOW ! what a review ! I have seen about 99% of KZfaq videos on the C8 for the past 1.5 years and yours is one of the best ! I just got my C8 a week ago after 1.3 year wait, Red mist with body color, convertible with natural dipped interior.

The C8 has made me respect all corvettes. This Sports car does amazing things

As a kid, I aspired to own a Corvette one day. As I aged a bit, the aspiration turned to Porsche and specifically the 911. As I've now aged further still, the C8 has me wondering if it's time to stop aspiring and instead decide it's time to actually do. Thanks as always for the unrivaled car content George...

The thinking man’s car review channel. One of the best on KZfaq.

Understeer in the c8 is not a flaw, its intentional. Lots if inexperienced drivers are going to purchase this car unlike its competitors. It is to protect Chevrolet customers.

This man is an excellent car reviewer.... should be much more popular!

> This will be a nightmare for the 718... Agreed. I was cross-shopping a few vehicles and it ended up being 718 GTS vs C8 for me. Drove them both extensively. While the GTS was more comfy and slightly better around a track, it was not $20k+ better than the C8. Ended up ordering a brand new C8 for $25k less than the cheapest lightly used GTS I could find. No brainer. Love the C8.

I've never been a convertible guy but in person the vert vette looks 10x better than the coupe.

Fantastic review.....thank you thank you...As a former C5Z ,C6Z, C7GS and now awaiting my C8HTC (ordered 8/20 and it arrives first week of June '21), you knocked this evaluation out of the park for me. GREAT JOB and keep 'em coming....

Any Corvette review referencing Zora Arkus-Duntov deserves a thumbs up!

Got my Z51 2LT ZBM w/MRC in June and have managed to put 2100 miles on it before Thanksgiving when I parked, covered it and put the trickle charge on it. Driven several Corvettes but this one is it for me. All I’ve ever wanted.

Corvette ZO6, built to the gills, bose audio zero distortion, top notch mechanics, instrumentation. USA RULES

As an aging baby boomer, I had come to think of a Corvette as uncool, a car for, well, an aging baby boomer- a key reason that I would want to get into something else. The new mid-engine breaks the perception, it's something an old guy drives. The new style is awesome, and the retractable hardtop a must! A very sexy sports car, at a great price, that one can take off on the highway and get outstanding gas mileage.

Sublime, intelligent review; so professionally done. As a pilot, of course the setting adds considerably to the viewing value. In the C8, I do believe GM has America's Ferrari-killer, to say nothing of the iconic Porsches as well. This car is just spectacular. Again, a superb review.

The Corvette has been built in Bowling Green KY since the 1981 MY.

Motoman! Firstly, I am going to admit that you have not been my favorite car review guy. But, I have to tell you , you did your own Moon Shot with this review. Superb photography, serious in depth car content discussion, and you put us in the drivers seat with how this car performs way over its weight (cost) class. No one, anywhere, has done it so well.

Our 2023 C8 3LT HTC is perfect. It’s a non-Z51 with performance exhaust, front lift, magnetic ride, front splitter, low spoiler, and the black exhaust tips. It will never see a track with me in it and the mag ride was worth every penny. I thought the manual transmission in my C6 would be missed until I drove this automatic. At 75 years old, I finally found my perfect car.

Good job on the video! One of the things I love about the C8 is it will accommodate a tall 6’4” guy like me. I had a C6 convertible that I fit into no problem, and enjoyed putting 91k miles on it before selling it. I then wanted a C7, but I couldn’t fit in any version of it. Since the C8 came out, I’ve waited 4 years for the frenzy of ridiculous $30k to $50k mark-ups to cease, and for the secondary market to soften. Thanks to the shifting frenzy to Z06, ERay, and also more availability, 2023 is the time to pounce. I finally got a 2021 3LT Z51 HTC C8 w/1,300 miles on it for $10k under MSRP sticker. I don’t understand how someone passed up 2 years of driving this amazing wonder. It still has new car smell. Only 650 mi/yr? I’ve got 300 miles on it in two weeks, and it’s been out of action for ceramic coating, radar detector installation, and a vicious rain storm. It’s time to make up for lost fun, and squeeze in some track time too. I’m back in the Corvette tribe, and couldn’t be happier with this rocket! Keep up the good work.

Also we can let it be known how much better this man is doing reviews than the other youtubers

I am 83 so I wanted the 2021 convertible as soon as possible. I paid an extra $15,000 over list to get one from the dealer in 2 months. It was called a special order.

Happy to see you continue to do great work and looking strong and healthy. Keep it up!

The Z06 is supposed to be a track specific car in the C8 series this time around. You will also be able to purchase a race derived motor like in the GT3. As far as weight is concerned, you can easily drop 100lbs by buying aftermarket wheels and brake rotor, but the Z06 is coming with carbon ceramics. I dont want a 200k Corvette to ever be a thing like Porsches strategy.

Good vlog. The only thing I am not with you. I ordered the convertible but WITHOUT the Z51 package. It is $6000 now and i don’t intend to track drive it and I live in Florida, we only have straight roads.

Just came across your channel (August 2024) - love it! As per your final moonshot wish - the ZR-1 has now arrived!

Are we just gonna ignore the fact he is filming in a dream airplane hangar

So good! Drove on track at NCM Corvette. Trying to get my hands on a C8 Z06 HTC in Elkhart Lake blue 3LZ with Tension blue Interior

It seems to me that GM would have a excellent hard-core lightweight Corvette with a GT3 version. Excellent idea. The question is now how much could they charge and how many customers would be interested.

Not sure if anyone corrected you when you were talking about the Corvette from the 60s being made in St. Louis. Last year for the Corvette in St. Louis was 1982. There wasn’t a 1983 Corvette that was the move to Kentucky. But I believe every Corvette from 1954 to 1982 were all made in my hometown not too far from my house in the STL. I believe the 53 was kind of the first year prototype they were made in Michigan but then they brought them down here and 54. My dad back in the day had a friend that used to hand spray paint the cars lacquer back in the day. Great review on the car gave you a thumbs up great location with the airplanes in the backdrop, thank you very much.

Best launch footage I've seen, maybe ever

Great review. A moonshot aptly describes what GM has done here. Mine lands Jan 27th

Best C8 review to date.

From an engineering standpoint, I don't really consider such things like this as a moonshot. This is simply a byproduct of highly competent engineering with management willing to provide them with an environment that allows outside-the-norm development. This kind of stuff just requires management to say "ok." There are forever shortages of opportunity in engineering. There's sound business reason for a lot of it, for example, time and cost constraints, hitting center mass in the mainstream market space, and mitigating risks. Sometimes engineers get a little extra leash. A good example is Honda's Civic styling, a pretty aggressive choice in a mainstream market, but it offered the ability to break out of the mold and have a visually interesting product that's unique and instantly identifiable in a sea of mundane shapes. I can INSTANTLY see a Civic in a mass of cars on the road or in a parking lot. That alone can carry a lot of weight. This is especially true with a desirable image. Remember the second gen Dodge Ram that made their pickups look like mini semis? That was an instant homerun and sales skyrocketed, all because someone said "ok." The C8 is a great example of this too. They've been talking about it for what seems like a couple decades, always wanting to make a mid engine corvette. It's always so wonderful to finally be given the ok to actually do something more wild, well not even wild, just better. And that's generally the case. Engineers want to make better, and usually this big swings in design are completely grounded in science and purpose, but no one let them move forward with it. So many amazing cars started as prototypes or little skunkworks projects, projects of passion and vision. The Miata wouldn't exist without these passion projects and vision of something better, something more ideal, and finally someone saying "ok." I'm so glad the mid engine Corvette now exists. I'm also very excited to see it evolve in the coming years with trim releases but also how Chevrolet will evolve and improve upon the mid engine design in generation 2, 3, and more. The Corvette is finally mid engine. Now lets see how far they push it.

Base price C8's are sold in Unicorn, USA

Fantastic video as per usual. I was looking forward to you getting a C8 to test for quite some time. As expected, you didn’t disappoint. Well done... thank you.

I w anted to wait until the C-8 had a manual but at 80 years old I did not think I could wait!

Great review! And perfect timing finding it on my part. My C8 just hit the dealership. My car is almost Identical to the one you reviewed. Same color combination outside, Z51 and Mag Ride package. I however went with the 3LT and the front end raise option as well. I pick up my car next week and you have made it much, much harder to wait. It's going to be an awesome New Year!!!

Many thanks for the very informative details on the C8.

Wonderful thorough review. Dare I say it was a moonshot review!😉 BTW you need a “space frame” for a moonshot. 🚀 Also like the idea of specials. How about an SS version.

At 86k, that’s hard to beat.

Mine is being delivered on Nov 17th! Mid life crisis at 69! I plan on living for a long time😎🇺🇸

I’m shopping these cars right now. Above all else, the manual transmission is the biggest reason why I’m picking the Porsche GTS 4.0 over the C8. Take that out of the equation, and the outcome changes. Please, GM.....

You’ve given me a lot to think about here. I’ve honestly never been a big Corvette fan. I’ve always respected it as a great affordable American sports car icon, but this mid engine setup is now on my short list of must own cars. If I were ever crazy enough to sell my ND Miata, this car as a convertible would probably be my choice, but please, please GM release a version with a 6 speed M/T.

Moonshot 👍👍👍 ....we love our 2020 C-8 🔥check out our review and let us know what you think. Body build coming soon on our channel 🔥

The Z06 version of this is going to be insane

Can't wait until they're 40k used

Yes, manual transmission, I am old school. Ordered a 2023 C8 HTC yesterday for delivery around summer of 23 but have never even driven a paddle shift....lol

Corvette Zora. Wishlist granted!

The 991.1 GT3 also goes into neutral when both shift paddles are pulled...

WOW it looks amazing! I upgraded mine just a couple of days ago with Victor Racing parts, i think the wing would fit this one perfectly!

@MotoManTV Excellent video as always. I would love to see a light weight twin turbo Grand Sport. Wide body massive carbon fiber breaks. Moonshot- Twin charged Grand Sport! Super charger for immediate torque & Big turbo for top end. I LOVE your idea of a GTRS version of the C8!!! I would LOVE to see a more svelte C8 Grand Sport ZD Edition. GS ZD (Zora Duntoff) as he designed the C8 for racing. It would be super lightweight as above with the option to remove trunk and shorten the body or add a inner chiller inside the trunk for super low intake temps. Remove all sound deadening and thin glass add cage or roll bar liken to your boys at Weissach. 😉🤔🤯😜🙏🙏🙏

Your moonshot scenario makes a lot of sense

Own C6 manual grand sport. That connection is like Velcro, can’t imagine anything better than alien tech...

Design of the tunnel prevents manual transmission

The coupe is already a convertible. Just takes a little Manuel labour. And you can see the LT2 engine bay!

I bought a 2021 2LT. I love it

Corvette production moved from St Louis to Bowling Green Kentucky in 1981.The C-8 needs a manual GM says no way,At least Porsche listened and the 992 can now be had with a manual.Great review as always. Love the hanger and the aircraft inside.Try to get a P-51 in the hanger when you do future reviews

He is entitled to his opinion, but don't tell me what I "must" have as options. I am tired of hearing "the perfect" way to order my car. Everyone has different priorities. BTW, I have a 3LT with NO Z-51, and it suits me just fine, thanks.

wait till the DOHC 32 valve flatplane crank version comes out... totally different beast

"pull both paddles back for neutral" Porsche does this too.

I had a c4 late model 1995 corvette and loved it. I get the C8 is another stratosphere. It looks god awful. HIDEOUS. And no manual. Yes no manual. As you might have seen from my post on the 718 Spyder you tested, one of those babies is in my future and on order. Yes it will take a year, but unlike my corvette that I drove for 3 years and then moved on, and unlike my corvette whos resale value dropped like a stone, this car will last a lifetime and likely put my grandkids through college. ALL OF THEM. 718 Spyder 4 EVA.. Oh, and Yes, I got the two tone Red Leather and Alcanta interior, the two tone roof, the manual, loaded the thing to $130k, have $6k of after market exterior carbon parts in the garage waiting for installation, and chalk exterior. I wish you and I were local so we could meet for coffee and just talk cars!!

The engine access the easier way is buy the coupe targa top car, also a Convertible. Press a button and lift the lid and there is your engine! The top with three latches can be in the trunk and you are on your way in 30 seconds.

Corvette has been produced in Bowling Green since 1981

The Porsche has had decades in similar form to iron out everything, this vette is very new and will only get better as they add engineering adjustments to this setup. The Porsche has been refined over decades with minor adjustments that being scaling it larger

FYI - The Z51 Package DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MAGNETIC RIDE CONTROL SYSTEM..... It's a package you need to purchase separately....

Nice piece! I bought the Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo in 1990. It was blazing fast with a manual transmission. I wouldn't mind a manual transmission in the C8 if I was 40 again but at 70 - no thanks! One correction: the Bowling Green plant was opened in 1981.

Terrific review! You have a new subscriber.

Yes, definitely a manual transmission. It won't be that many years before the cars will be driving themselves. I don't want a sports car that I just point and push the accelerator. I want to experience the car, be in control. Yes, I know the automatic can shift faster than I can but that only matters if you're racing, which I'm not interested in. I just want to DRIVE the car!

Very cool review! Had fun listening to the end.

I think that they might do that with the Zora model. It may be a special variation. Possibly limited production.

The Z51 Package option can be dropped if the additional cooling option was available being that you can get the performance exhaust (395HP) option and the brakes are the same.

From a devoted fan... Awesome video. You truly do spoil your subscribers with your amazing content. I think you’re stretching with the ski boot reference but if you were a skier I guess you get it? I’m a Hooper and if I had the wrong basketball shoe I guess it will be equivalent? Either way I enjoyed it great work keep doing what you’re doing

Very cool car!

Excellent review!!

I love Corvette's and still own my 2008 convertible. The C8 convertible still looks like a coupe to me with the top down and you pay almost 10k more for it. Other than that and not being offered in a manual I do like everything else about it. I just wish they made the C pillars disappear when it goes topless.

moonshot - eliminate the body creases and simplify the rear

Had the chance to track day a C8 and while it has some very good traits it does suffer from understeer and it’s quite bad with the “street “ 4 wheel alignment but gets significantly better with the “track” 4 wheel alignment but that causes absurd tire wear. Chevy has some serious chassis and suspension work to do to make that a good car.

The C8 Convertible looks stunning in this traditional Ferrari color combo! 👌 GM finally listened and stepped up with the interior. 👍

Great review MM!

What about an AWD VERSION

I love this video I loves this review I love this spec

Great review.

The magnetic ride control may leak in the future. It will be hella expensive to replace....

If you listen to Tadge Juechter’s own words, a manual transmission C8 AINT GONNA HAPPEN ! Engineering reasons and business model/economic reasons. So, if you are waiting on that to get one, you won’t ever own one !

Mine is on-order. It's a 3LT with upgrades galore, but not z51. IMO, z51 is worth the money if you're going to the track with it, but I am not.

This was a great review. Thanks for the info.

C8 is nice, but I'm convinced the new Nissan Z will be a better drivers car, with a manual. Hopefully also more reliable...cheaper by a massive margin, and a lot easier to modify. But that V8 sound is so intoxicating 👍👍

Here me out... Twin turbo V6 with 48 volt system that the AMGs have this will give the car better weight distribution. Make it all wheel drive! Thoughts?

I still don’t get larger rear brake rotors in the rear. Certainly when braking the weight dives forwards. I know you said “please note where the engine is”. A 911 has its engine in the rear but the front rotors are bigger than the rears.

Corvette gt3 all the way!!!

You are one oft the best .... an i say this from Bavaria/Germany. Facts, facts, facts .... phantastic 👍

I prefer a manual transmission because I love taking full control and I don't race my current corvette which is a standard. Shifting smoothly is half the fun of driving. The computer in my head can handle it with ease. It's half the fun of driving.

GT3 makes sense since IMSA GTLM class is eliminated next year. Something in between the Z06 and Z51. Not a GS either.

Awesome job.Thanks.

terrific review sir. well done. awesome car. want one.agree re your moonshot idea.

At 9:47 You pronounced Tadge Juechter the correct way.. ✔ 5150 Showing respect to Eddie... Very Cool.. RIP Sir

Would you take the z06 or a lamborghini huracan?

Dude, PLEASE take an Enhlosh class. You say "ONE can drive THEIR corvette..." One is singular. Their is plural. Putting the two togeter is like saying, "We IS going to the store."

100% the biggest wish list is a manual transmission. It would be the ultimate Porsche killer if it had one.